what's the answer on the mrap issue? >> certainly we won't be able to afford to rely on contractor logistics for the foreseeable future because as you know, that's very expensive, and so we're going through and doing an assessment on how many mraps we're going to keep and what the disposition of those is going to be and then again we'll outline what the maintenance and supply chain will be as a result of that. >> i want to get to guam before we leave. thank you, general, for that. i want to get to guam before we leave. did anybody else have anything on nonstandard equipment that you wanted to weigh in on? general breedlove? >> ma'am, it is really less about nonstandard equipment, but the worry i have is we have had a period of time where really good ideas have been brought to the battlefield and quickly adopted to help our soldiers and marines on the ground and the mc-12 liberty aircraft is a shining example of getting it right and also we have some examples where we have multiple starts to try to get to capabilities and

what's the answer on the mrap issue? >> certainly we won't be able to afford to rely on contract toir lodtoir -- contractor logistics for the foreseeable future. that is very expensive. we are going through doing an assessment on how many mraps we are going to keep, what the disposition of those is going to be, and then again, we will outline what, the what the maintenance and supply chain will be, as a result of that. >> i want to get to guam before we leave. thank you, general, for that. i want to got to guam before we leave. did any body have anything on nonstandard equipment you want to weigh in on. >> ma'am, it's less about nonstandard equipment. a worry i have, we have had a period of toime where some realy good ideas have been brought fore, to the battle feed, and quickly adopted to help our soldiers and marines. the mc 12 liberty aircraft, a shining example of getting it right. we have examples where we have multiple starts to try to get to capability, variables and others, where we have several competing. many i

. >> i need to get these mraps out. >> my purpose is to get the recruits prepared for the construction training. >> what you do is get a 2 by 6 sitting on the saw horses. we will cut 10 feet. everybody going to get one and you measure up 6 inches. you sure you got 8 feet. >> as a carpenter you have to let them know what's expected and they need to know the stuff to get going on the trades. >> the main thing they need to know is how to carry the stuff on the job and the hussle. >> you can't work with the gloves. >> my part is a small part. my part is the best part. the part that really teaches them how to go out and fish rather than go to the fish market. my job is how to teach them to fish when the fish market is closed. >> this requires i thinking. when you go on the job site they will pay you 20-15, dollars an hour you have to think and figure stuff out and get the jobs done in a record time. >> one of the things we try to teach with the construction trades is your attitude going to work. how employers look on new workers and it's about profitability and productivity. it's not how mu

we are going to ex mrap coming up next. >> take a look at this video.ing right off the side of a cliff. how in the world. get this. everyone on board managed to survive. >> good. >> it is 45 minutes after the hour. see what stories are making headlines overseas. we begin with a heart stopping scene in taiwan. we are told the engine failed as it made its way up that steep mountain. there was nothing the driver could do at that point. 15 people taken to the hospital. incredibly their injuries are minor. to india where a shocking ritual continues. indy priests tossing babies from the temple rooftop. the children from 3 months to 2 years old caught by a group of men holding the cloth below. they defend the practice. they believe it makes the children stronger. >> well, nearly 4,000 rural post offices getting another chance at life. diane mess said doe has the story for us. oo t >> good morning diane. >> yesterday the usps allowed the rural post offices to stay open. in return 13,000 offices could see their hours cut and full-time staff reduced. it is part o

when that's the big question right now what is answer on the mrap initio? >> will not afford to rely on the logistics for the foreseeable future because as you know, that's a very expensive and so we are going through doing an assessment of how many we are going to keep and what the disposition of those is going to become and again we will outline what this maintenance and supply chain as a result of that. >> i want to get to guilaume before we leave. does anybody have anything on the standard equipment you want? >> it is less about on standard equipment. the worry i have is we have had a period of time when some good ideas have been brought forth to the battlefield and quickly adopted to help our soldiers and marines on the ground. also we have some examples where we have multiple starts to try to get to capabilities and others where we have several that are competing and many in the same mission in space, and i am concerned that we are able to get to the right number and type and then transition them into long term used with and we've been able to do some

johnson to provide the sick terry of defense authority to transfer surplus mraps mraps a nonprofit u.s humanitarian organizations. amendment by mr. dotson requiring the secretary tuned notified via letter with a report required by law will be late. an amendment by ms. sutton to amend the strategic and critical material stockpiling act to expand a purpose statement to address not only foreign sources of supply but also single points of failure. an amendment by mr. turner to require the secretary of the air force to retain the core functions of air force materiel command that exists at the air force base in ohio. the chair now recognizes ms. roby from alabama for five minutes. >> thank you is to chairman. included this en bloc up and meant offered with representative conaway and representative blase. we know the previously authorize cuts are going to result in force production service granted i supported this spending reduction last year and i do not believe we should back way from that figure, however we have an obligation on this committee to determine the reductions stemming from cong

we rapidly procured and fielded mine resistant armor protected vehicles, the mraps and police particular underwear to protect troops and better detectors of i.e.d.'s and the homemade explosives and so on. we needed to get fuel, food, and all these capabilities on to the battlefield quickly and this logistic surge was a huge part of secretary gates and my focus. since then thanks to the incredible efforts of the men and women of our armed forces, commanders, and leadership of the president and congress, we were able to end the iraq war responsibly. al qaeda's on the ropes and its leadership is decimated and we have made significant progress in afghanistan. i have been going to afghanistan for well over three years now since secretary gates and i first had that conversation. and i was there a couple weeks ago and i just have to tell you our troops, our allies, our afghan partners, they are performing exceptionally well and doing heroic things to bring security to that country. i was in the helmund valley several weeks ago where last summer we took such terrible losses. this time i walked a

we rapidly procured and fielded mine resistant armor protected vehicles, the mraps and police particular underwear to protect troops and better detectors of i.e.d.'s and the homemade explosives and so on. we needed to get fuel, food, and all these capabilities on to the battlefield quickly and this logistic surge was a huge part of secretary gates and my focus. since then thanks to the incredible efforts of the men and women of our armed forces, spresh commanders, and leadership of the president and congress, we were able to end the iraq war responsibly. al qaeda's on the ropes and its leadership is decimated and we have made significant progress in afghanistan. i have been going to afghanistan for well over three years now since secretary gates and i first had that conversation. and i was there a couple weeks ago and i just have to tell you our troops, our allies, our afghan partners, they are performing exceptionally well and doing heroic things to bring security to that country. i was in the helmund valley several weeks ago where last summer we took such terrible losses. this time i w